BRT Jazzorkest

The orchestra was originally founded in 1955/6 by Francis Bay for productions by Belgian national broadcaster NIR (renamed to BRT in 1960). In 1965 Etienne Verschueren became the orchestra's leader and the name officially became "BRT Jazzorkest". In 1987 Verschueren retired and was replaced by Bob Porter (4). In 1988 the orchestra fusioned with the BRT Big Band, led by Freddy Sunder. Due to savings with the BRT, the orchestra was eventually disbanded in 1991.